The deal recently struck between the Trump administration and Nvidia will allow the company to obtain the export licenses and begin the sale of chips in China, a White House official said. AMD, which offers an MI308 chip for Chinese customers, will also receive permission for such sales, the official added.

Trump’s deals requiring Nvidia and AMD to pay 15 percent of AI chip sales in China to the U.S. government challenge norms in trade and national security policy.

The deal, which ties government permission to a revenue-sharing requirement, has been criticized by some as unconstitutional.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday suggested he might allow Nvidia to sell a scaled-down version of its next-generation advanced GPU chip in China, despite deep-seated fears in Washington that China could harness U.

US President Donald Trump signaled on Monday that he’d be open to allowing Nvidia Corp. to sell a scaled-back version of its most advanced AI chip to China.